Automatic wake-up doll



Dec. 15, 1925- G. H. PARSONS UP DOLL AUTOMATIC WAKE- Filed Dec. 10, 1924 R m h w m E w \\\.WI w w y W 0 WITNESSES Patented Dec. 15, 1925.

UNITED STATES 1,566,166 PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. PARSONS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO AVEBILL MFG. ('10., 01' NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

AUTOMATIC WAKE-UP DOLL. 7

Application filed December 10, 1924. Serial No. 75,004.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. PARSONS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Automatic .Vake-Up Doll, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an automatic wake-up doll but the mechanism is also adapted for use in connection with toys representing living figures of animals and the like, and it is to be understoodthat I use this term doll in its broadest sense, and for convenience of description, yet do not limit myself to the mechanism in connection with a doll.

An object of the invention is to provide a doll or analogous toy with novel, positive and automatic means whereby the eyes of the doll are caused to close when the doll is face downward, and caused to open when the doll is face upward.

A further object is to provide, in connection with said eye-moving means, a sounding device which causes a sound to be made as, for example, a cry when the eyes of the doll move toward open position.

My improved doll, therefore, automatically gives the impression of the action of a baby. In other words, when the doll is placed face downward, for instance, over the shoulder of the nurse, the eyes will close, and, when the doll is placed in its crib or bed face upward, the eyes will remain closed for a suitable length of time and then will automatically open and at the same time a or will be emitted.

ith these and other objects in view, the

I invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a view in longitudinal section through a doll, showing the several parts constituting my invention with the dolls eyes open and the doll in vertical position;

Figure 2 is a similar view, showing the doll in face downward position, which is the. position that causes the eyes to close and the sounding and cyemoving mechanism to move to set position;

7 is an enlarged fragmentary de- 1 represents the head and 2 the body of a doll. The head is hollow and is preferably of the material usually employed for the purpose, so that it is rigid while the body 2 is preferably of flexible material contaimng stufiing or padding 3, as is customary.

In the head 1, eyes4 are mounted on a bracket 5 so that they may turn or pivot and give the impression of opening and closing. These eyes 4, as are customary, are fixed to move together so that both eyes will move simultaneously. 6 represents a member which in effect constitutes a bell crank lever, the angle of which being secured to a connecting rod 7 which constitutes the axis of the mounting of the eye.

One member 9 of the lever 6 is adapted to engage against the inner wall of the face of the doll to limit the turning movement of the eyes, while the other member of said lever constitutes a crank arm 9' which is pivotally connected to an operating rod 10 for moving the eyes, as will more fully hereinafter appear.

Within the body 2 I locate a box or casing 11 having a tubular extension 12 which projects through the upper end of the bod 3 into the neck or head portion of the 011 and constitutes an open passage connecting the head of the doll with the interior of the box 11.

In this box 11 I locate a double bellows 13 secured in a somewhat angular position to blocks 14 which are fixed to the ends of the box. The center diagonal partition 15 of the double bellows 13 has a fixed relation to the box 11, and to this partition movable boards 16 and 17 are connected by hinges 18 at the respective ends of the partition 15, and said partition and boards at their edges have rubber or other flexible encasements, as indicated by the reference numeral 20, so as to provide airtight bellows sections or compartments operating directly opposite to eachother, as clearly indicated in Figure 6.

The outer bellows boards 16 and 17 have weights 21 and 22, respectively, to cause the same to move by gravity. The board 16 has an opening 23 communicating w th a sounding reed 24, the latter constltutlng a portion of a casing 25 and pro ecting 1nto an amplifying chamber 26. In this board 16 an air inlet opening 27 is provided having a flexible strip 28 covering the same and located at the inner face of the bellows board. This strip 28 is secured at its ends but is'free intermediate its ends so that it allows air to be sucked into the bellows yet closes against the opening'27 to prevent air from being discharged through said opening when the bellows closes. In other words, this valved opening 27 permits air to enter the bellows section but prevents exit therethrough, compelling the air within the bellows to pass in through the reed 24 to sound the same.

The other outside bellows board 17 has i an opening 29 therein over which a sheet valve 30 is positioned. This sheet valve constitutes a disk, preferably of rubber, secured at its edges, having a series of openings 31 therein at a point removed from its edge to allow the air to escape from the bellows section. Around the opening 29 I preferably locate a ring 32 which constitutes a valve seat. Hence it will be noted that when the bellows board 17 is moved in one direction the air within the same can be easily forced out through the opening 29. but when the bellows board is moved in the opposite direction the sheet valve 30 will close and allow onlya seepage of air which will cause the bellows board to move slowly toward a open position assisted bythe weight22,

' 36. This lever 36 constitutes a bell crank An arm '33 is rigidly secured to the bellows board 16 and is provided at its free end with a pivoted link 34. This link 34 is connected by a block. which constitutes a. weight 35, to the rod 10 above referred to, so that vthe eyes of the doll open when the doll is placed in a vertical position.

The partition 15 of the double bellows at one side of the bellows supports a trip lever which is pivotally mounted at its angle upon a bearing 37 constituting an integral part of a block 38. This block 38 is of circular or spool-shaped form, and is secured to the bellows by a pin, screw or other suitable connecting device 39 which projects through a Washer 40 held against the bearing 37 and screwed into the bellows partition so as to hold the parts together without undue binding action on the trip lever. The pivotal movement of the trip lever is limited by a bracket 41 fixed to the bellows board 16. and constituting a staple with its ends fixed in the board 16 and its intermediate portion receiving the shorter end 42 of the lever 36.

A spring 43 located around the block or staple 38 and having one end fixed to the bellows and the other end engaging the lever exertsa pressure against the lever to move in one direction. The shorter end 42 of the lever 36 is provided with a notch 44 so as to engage one end of the bracket 41 and hold the bellows board 16 in extended position. A pin 45 on the bellows board 17 is adapted to engage the longer end of the lever 36, causing the same to pivot and move the notched end 44 of said lever out of engament with the bracket 41, as will be more fully hereinafter explained.

The operation of the doll is as follows:

Figure 1 shows the doll in normal upright posit on, the eyes 4 being open. When the doll 1S placed in substantially horizontal position, face downward, as indicated in Figure 2, the weight 21 causes the bellows board 16 to move to extreme open position and the trip lever 36 to interlock with the bracket 41, as shown in Figure 2. .At the same time the movement of the board 16 by reason of the arm 33 fixed thereto causes the movement of the rod 10 in a direction ,to move the eyes to closed position. When the doll is placed in a reclining position, face upward, as indicated in Figure 3, the weight 22 will cause the bellows board wardly but at a much retarded rate owing to the partial vacuum created within it by the closing of the sheet valve. This movement brings the pin 45 into engagement with the long end of the trip lever 36 so that when this pin engages the lever it will cause the latter to pivot and release its locking engage- A ment with the bracket 41 and permit the bellows board 16 to move downwardly. As

this bellows board 16 moves downwardly it will, through the medium of the arm 33 and the parts above explained, cause the eyes to open. At thesame time the air within the bellows section controlled by theboard 16 will be discharged through the reed 24 to emit a sound simulating the sound of a crying baby. In other words, it will be noted that the movement of the board 16 controls the osition of the eyes and the operation of t e sounding mechanism, and the movement of the board 17 controls the releasez of the lever which operates as a tempera holding or checking means for the board 16.

17 to move down- Hence, it is to be understood that the operation both of the soundin device and of the eye-moving means is entirely automatic and is controlled by the position of the doll.

This enables a child at lay to very realistically carry out the mot er idea of getting a baby to sleep, and then after the baby is asleep the automatic mechanism will cause it to waken and cry.

While I have illustrated and described a particular mechanism for carrying out this automatically. controlled eye-moving and sounding means, it is to be distinctly understood that I' do not limit myself to the tion, and a releasingdevice on the other bellows to release the tripping device.

2. In combination with a doll having movable eyes, a pair of gravity operated bellows within the doll, one of said bellows caused to move when the doll is faced downward and the other when the. doll is on'its back, means operatively connecting the eyes of the doll with the first mentioned bellows, a tripping device for holding the first-men;

tionedbellows in open or expanded position, 3

and said second mentioned bellows having means thereon adapted to release the trip- Being device and'permit the eye controlling llows to operate; I 3. In combination with a doll having movable; eyes, a pair of gravity operated belmechanism, of a lows within the doll, one of said bellows caused to move when the doll is faced downward and the other when the doll is on its back, means operatively connectin the eyes of the doll with the first mentions bellows, a tripping device for holding the first mentioned bellows in open or expanded osition, and said second mentioned bellows aving means thereon adapted 'to release the trip ing device and permit the eye control ing bellows to operate, and a sounding means operated by one. of the bellows as the eyes are moved to open position.

4. A doll including a body, a hollow head,

movable eyes in the head and a casing in thebody, of a double bellows in the casing, weights causing the movement of the be lows boards by gravity, eye-moving means connected to ,one of the bellowsboards, a sounding means connected to the same bellows board, a tripping lever adapted to engage the last-mentioned bellows board and hold it against movement, and means on the'other bellows board for engaging the lever to release it from-its holdin posltion,

5. A dollincludinga body, a ho low head,

movable eyes in the head and a casing in the body, of a double bellows in the casin weights causing the movement of the be lows boards by gravit eye-moving means connected to one of t e bellows boards, a sounding means connected to the same bellows board, a tripping lever adapted to engage the last-mentioned bellows board and d it against movement, means on the other bellows board for engaging the lever to release it from its holding position, and a weight exerting pressure on the firstmentioned bellows board to hold the eyes in open position when the doll is in vertical position.

- GEORGE H. masons. 

